o'bliger
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oblige (əˈblaɪdʒ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr; often passive) to bind or constrain (someone to do something) by legal, moral, or physical means |
| 2. | (tr; usually passive) to make indebted or grateful (to someone) by doing a favour or service: we are obliged to you for dinner |
| 3. | to do a service or favour to (someone): she obliged the guest with a song |
| [C13: from Old French obliger, from Latin obligāre, from ob- to, towards + ligāre to bind] | |
| o'bliger | |
| —n | |
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